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Title: Field and woodland plants
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Furneaux, William S
Subjects: Wild flowers Shrubs
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green, and Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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s. Theformer are in lax panicles, in the axils of the upiJcr leaves : theyare small, of a yellowish green colour, each consisting of five stamenssurrounded bj a perianth of five segments. The females are arrangedin rounded heads or sj^ikes on short stalks in the axils of the leaves.The heads are made up of a number of closely-placed bracts, eachwith two little flowers at its base ; and each flower consists of anovary, enclosed in a scale, with two long, narrow stigmas. Afterfertilisation the scales of the head grow very large, forming veryconspicuous cones in which the little fruits he concealed. TheHop flowers from July to September, and is common in hedgerowsand thickets. Of the several \\ayside Grasses we have space for the mention ofbut one species—the interesting Canary Grass (Phalaris canariensis).It is a native of South Europe, introduced into this country andcultivated for its seed (canary seed), but is now often seen growingwild in waste places. It is represented on p. 209.
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Plate IV. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD. 1. Rough Cocks-foot Grass. 2. Lucerne. 3. Crimson Clover. 4. Blue Bottle. 5 Common Vetch. 6. Meadow Clary. XIV MEADOWS, FIELDS AND PASTURES—SUMMER In the present chapter we shall briefly describe a considerable num-ber of flowers which are to be seen in fields and pastui-es during thesummer months ; but we must remind the reader that many ofthe species previously mentioned in Chapter VIII as flowering insimilar situations in the spring, continue to bloom dm-ing the wholeor a portion of the summer. A Ust of these is given below ; and itshould be noted that the flowers described in this chapter arethose which do not generally commence to bloom till the month ofJune. Spring Flowers of Meadows, Fields and Pastures WHinn CONTINUE to bloom IN THE SuMMER. Creeping Buttercup. Netted Medick. Yellow Rattle. Bulbous Buttercup. White Clover. Field Louse-wort. Field Penny Cress. Purple Clover. Henbit Dead Nettle. Wild Pansy. Earthnut. Common Sorrel. Ragged Robin.

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